Neighborhood of Make-Believe

we are all players on the world's stage, but like Shakespeare—whether we've ever put pen to page, or fingers to keyboard, to spin a yarn or not—I believe we are all storytellers as well. As the oft-quoted dictum goes, knowledge is power, and stories, ab initio have been its modus operandi. Romantic, or realistic, sociological or scientific, I believe stories are the looking glass which reflect us to ourselves and to the outside world. The more lenses we look through, the higher the potential for…

shows the Youngers family an African American family struggling to stay above the poverty line, which prevents them from achieving financial stability or the American Dream during this time period. The main focus is on Walter Lee and his effort to make it and become somebody. Hansberry shows how race and ecumenic problems effect a black mans role in his family along with his identity. The Youngers family had a hard time achieving their dreams due to their status in life. The American dreams that…

White Privilege One may believe white privilege is the inherited advantage white people have based on their race in a society that contains racial inequalities and injustices. Privilege is a special right, advantage, or freedom granted or available only to a particular person or group of people. In America, there are certain individuals that are more advantaged than others are. I believe that everyone has at least one advantage over someone else that is less fortunate in one particular area of…

will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” As well Hansberry shows justice impacting future generations when she shows Walter standing up for his race and family in front of Travis, “This is my son, and he makes the sixth generation our family in this country. And we have all thought about your offer […]And we have decided to move into our house because my father – my father – he earned it for us brick by brick. (Hansberry 3.1.131-3)” Both stories…

of wrongdoers. However, there are serious issues with this policy. Police are stopping people who simply “look suspicious” and according to a report a vast majority of these individuals are African American or Latino. African Americans and Latinos make up about half of the population in New York City. However, over 80% of stop and frisk stops are composed of…

discrimination. I don’t understand how that philosophy can come to fruition in any person of colors’ mind. I was always discriminated against, but I was too young or too naive to pay attention. From the age of four, I lived in a predominantly white neighborhood and I attended a school where I was the minority. When I looked back on my life I would feel indignant because my early years of schooling were dreadful. Nothing is as humiliating as sitting in my kindergarten class and having a girl…

attempts to make sense of the activity, pasting the random bits of information into a meaningful image.” After reading this sentence I was immediately reminded of a friend of mine who I will refer to as Katie in this assignment. Some time ago she spoke to me of an unusual and mysterious dream that she had the night before. She explained that her dream began with her and the whole neighborhood being locked inside their houses by fear from some type of monster that was roaming the neighborhood.…

and can’t attend their school, there is the finical factor that a lot of people forget about. Usually, the division in neighborhoods are caused by finical reasons. If you live in an expensive neighborhood that your family can afford, then there’s a chance that the other people living in that neighborhood can afford to live there as well. The division…

socioeconomic backgrounds. On the job experiences can lead to a cynical authoritarian personality common among police officers. This personality type may believe bending or breaking the rules for personal gain is the only way to get ahead. Another view is institutions and practices. Officers are trusted to use their own discretion on the job. The choices they make may…

In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American family seeks to make up the ladder of success in search of the American dream. Following the death of the head of the house, the Younger family tries to determine what to do with the consequential insurance payment they will soon receive. Conflict arises when each of the family members has their own ideas about how they would like to spend the insurance payment. Throughout the play, the Youngers clash over their competing…